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"Adoption of a Resolution Against Human Rights Violations in Iran at the United Nations; From the Suppression of Women to the Violation of Minority Rights."
"Adoption of a Resolution Against Human Rights Violations in Iran at the United Nations; From the Suppression of Women to the Violation of Minority Rights."
17/11/2023
**The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, November 15th, approved a resolution proposed by Canada condemning the widespread human rights violations in Iran. This resolution strongly condemns the issuance of death sentences for protesters following forced confessions, the targeted repression of women, and expresses serious concern about the harassment of human rights activists and the violation of minority rights in Iran, including Christians.**
**The resolution condemns the repression, mass arrests, and killing and execution of protesters following the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while she was in custody of security forces. It also expresses deep concern over the harassment of detainees and calls on the Iranian government to release journalists, human rights defenders, lawyers, and protesters who have been unjustly detained.**
**Mohsen Shekari was the first protesting citizen to be executed by the Islamic Republic. In a statement, Article 18 organization said, "The Islamic regime condemned Mohsen Shekari to death in a sham trial, lacking transparency and legal validity, and solely based on forced confessions obtained under torture, just like the countless other victims of the past 44 years."**
**The resolution also expresses deep concern about the violation of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, including Christians, especially Christian converts, Baha'is, Gonabadi dervishes, Jews, Zoroastrians, and Sunnis.**
**The resolution mentions cases of human rights violations against minorities, including arbitrary arrests and severe restrictions, such as the denial of places of worship.**
**The government has closed down Farsi-speaking churches and raids house churches and Christian homes, imprisoning Christian converts merely for worshiping with other Christians and reading the Bible.**
**Around two years ago, the "Church is the Right of All Christians" campaign was launched by a group of persecuted Christian converts with the support of Article 18 organization. This campaign poses a simple question to the Iranian authorities, "Where can a Christian convert worship without ending up in prison?"**
**The resolution also calls on the Iranian government to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on thought, conscience, religion, or belief in both law and practice, including the restrictions imposed by Articles 499 and 500 of the Islamic Penal Code.**
**Last October, the UN Human Rights Committee urged the Islamic Republic to amend or abolish Articles 499 and 500 of the Islamic Penal Code, which have been used to further suppress minorities, including Christian converts.**
**Article 18, along with four other international Christian organizations, submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Committee highlighting the multiple layers of religious freedom violations against Christians and other religious minorities in Iran.**
**These Christian organizations also called on the Iranian delegation at the United Nations to disclose the number of Christians imprisoned under Articles 499 and 500 of the Islamic Penal Code. However, the Islamic Republic government has not provided a response on this matter, and during the two-day October sessions in Geneva—where they faced sharp criticism from human rights experts—the Iranian representatives defended "corporal punishments," including "flogging" and "amputation," while denying both the violations of religious and ethnic minority rights and the use of torture.**
**The resolution also calls for the Iranian government to adhere to international covenants and laws, including holding the Islamic Republic accountable for its international obligations regarding the downing of the Ukrainian plane, which was shot down by a missile attack from the IRGC.**
**The UN General Assembly’s human rights resolution was adopted with 80 votes in favor and 29 votes against, while 65 countries abstained or were absent from the session.**
**Zahra Ershadi, the representative of the Islamic Republic in the Third Committee of the UN, called the human rights resolution "biased and politically motivated."**
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